SC had also allowed him to withdraw his plea pending with the apex court related to the money laundering case
Karti Chidambaram is accused of receiving kickbacks a decade back to clear foreign investment into INX Media group
Karti Chidambaram has been in CBI custody for questioning since his arrest from Chennai Airport on February 28
The apex court's order came hours after the high court extended Chidambaram's protection from arrest in the ED case from March 20 to March 22
Karti, is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED for his alleged role in the INX Media case
Karti was arrested from Chennai on February 28 by the CBI alleging irregularities in a FIPB clearance given to INX Media for receiving funds of about Rs 3.05 billion from overseas in 2007 when his fat
The Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate has sought three more weeks to file reply on his anticipatory bail plea
Delhi Court had sent Peter Mukerjea to CBI custody till March 31 after the agency sought five-day custody of the former media baron
The CBI has claimed in its appeal that it was "impermissible" for the high court to entertain the bail plea filed by Karti when an application seeking similar relief was pending before the trial court
Chidambaram, 73, will be in judicial custody while he is kept in prison till September 19
The govt had already sanctioned the prosecution of former finance minister P Chidambaram in February this year
Karti, the Congress MP representing Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, was summoned for a fresh round of grilling in the case, they added
The ED is probing alleged irregularities in the INX Media and Aircel-Maxis cases
Earlier on March 15, the apex court gave interim protection to Karti from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case till March 26
Court says Chidambaram not a flight risk, but asks him not to leave country without prior permission of special court
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She further said the bail granted to Karti Chidambaram, who is also an accused in the INX Media case, should be cancelled
A bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna also extended interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram till next Thursday
The Chidambarams have come under the scanner of investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore
Justice N V Ramana told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, that the case will be put before CJI Ranjan Gogoi